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tar⋅dive

[tahr-div]
–adjective
appearing or tending to appear late, as in human development or in the treatment of a disease.

Origin:
1960–65; < F tardive, fem. of tardif tardy
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tar·dive   (tär'dĭv)   
adj.  Having symptoms that develop slowly or appear long after inception. Used of a disease.

[French, feminine of tardif, from Old French, slow; see tardy.]
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Main Entry: tar·dive
Pronunciation: 'tär-div
Function: adjective
: tending to or characterized by lateness especially in development or maturity<tardive syphilis develops after the second year —E. R. Pund>
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tardive tar·dive (tär'dĭv)
adj.
Having symptoms that develop slowly or that appear long after inception. Used of a disease.

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